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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
503 PM MDT TUE AUG 26 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE DEER CREEK BURN SCAR IN...
WEST CENTRAL MONTROSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...
* UNTIL 700 PM MDT.
* AT 503 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE DEER CREEK BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 0.2 AND 0.5
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.7 TO
1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW
MOVING THROUGH THE LA SAL CREEK AND TWOMILE CREEK BASINS. THE DEBRIS
FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK, MUD, VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE DEER CREEK
BURN SCAR.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS IN AND AROUND
THE DEER CREEK BURN SCAR.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
LA SAL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ICE LAKE CREEK, SAL CREEK, LA AND WEST PARADOX CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
DITCHES IN THE DEER CREEK BURN SCAR. SEVERE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN ALSO BE
ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED AWAY IN
PLACES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOOD WATERS...CLIMB TO SAFETY.
LAT...LON 3837 10917 3839 10916 3841 10917 3845 10921
3846 10919 3845 10914 3839 10906 3836 10906
3834 10904 3832 10903 3830 10906 3829 10908
3830 10908 3831 10911 3832 10911 3831 10915
3833 10914 3838 10922 3837 10918
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.7-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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